dell "inspiron n5010" with ubuntu 12.10 does not start after upgrade

Tomas Alberto Ramirez Andujar tramirez at ucp.cm.rimed.cu
Thu Apr 11 13:05:09 UTC 2013


I was able to access /var/log with the 12.10 dvd, since i was unable to 
access the system itself.
I will proceed as suggested by you,
Thanks. Tommie

On 4/10/2013 10:46 PM, J wrote:
> I really can't help much given how little we know here, but... how
> exactly are you checking /var/log if the system doesn't boot?
>
> And even if you CAN access /var/log, you won't see anything anyway,
> because your Inspiron is hanging long before the syslog facility has
> started and is capable of writing logs to disk.
>
> Try booting, edit the entry for your kernel and remove the "quiet" and
> "splash" entries from the kernel line, that may let you at least see
> the console messages up to the point where it hangs.
>
> On Wed, Apr 10, 2013 at 10:03 PM, Tomas Alberto Ramirez Andujar
> <tramirez at ucp.cm.rimed.cu> wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I have recently installed Ubuntu 12.10 onto my Dell Inspiron N5010 and after
>> i do an aptitude upgrade, and reboot... it just stays LOADING but nothing
>> more, any suggestions. I checked under /var/log for possible errors but i do
>> not seem to see it.
>> Help
>> TOmmie
>>
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